At break of day our
father, with our mother and his three sons, entered the place where
Peter was, and accosting him, sat down. Then we also did the same
at his request; and Peter looking at our father, said:12181218 [In
Recognitions, x. 1, after the father becomes known, the Apostle
is represented as proposing delay in the attempt to convert
him.—R.] “I am anxious that you
should become of the same mind as your wife and children, in order that
here you may live along with them, and in the other world,12191219 Lit.,
“there.” after the separation of the soul from the
body, you will continue to be with them free from sorrow. For
does it not grieve you exceedingly that you should not associate with
each other?” And my 309father said: “Most
assuredly.” And Peter said: “If, then,
separation from each other here gives you pain, and if without doubt
the penalty awaits you that after death you should not be with each
other, how much greater will your grief be that you, a wise man, should
be separated from your own family on account of your opinions?
They too, must12201220 We have inserted a
δεῖ, probably
omitted on account of the previous δέ. feel the more
distressed from the consciousness that eternal punishment awaits you
because you entertain different opinions from theirs, and deny the
established truth.”12211221 The words are
peculiar. Lit., “eternal punishment awaits you thinking
other things, through denial of the fixed dogma” (ῥητοῦ
δόγματος). The
Latin translator gives: “ob veri dogmatis
negationem.”

1218 [In
Recognitions, x. 1, after the father becomes known, the Apostle
is represented as proposing delay in the attempt to convert
him.—R.]